Heavenly Emperor

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Heavenly Emperor (天皇)
Alias(es)	Undying Heavenly Emperor; Undying; Red Dragon King
Species/Race	Immortal Phoenix; later a red Flood Dragon through body transformation
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Purple Mountain; Primordial imperial forces
Occupation/Role	Primordial-era ruler; hidden hunter of Ancient Emperors and Supremes
Status	Deceased; defeated by Demon Venerable Li Ming and absorbed into the Myriad Souls Banner 187
First Appearance	Chapter 56

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Slashing the Dao	56	Arrived from the Immortal Domain heavily injured and close to the Great Accomplished King Realm; the laws of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands suppressed nearly all of his original cultivation.
Four Extremes Secret Realm, peak	56	Abandoned his remaining demon power, cultivated a Human Race Sage Scripture, and restored the Wheel Sea, Dao Palace, and Four Extremes realms within three years.
Saint	57	Had advanced to the Saint Realm when Great Saint Qingxia ambushed him on Heaven-Piercing Ancient Star.
Divine Bridge Realm	72	While being refined in Yu Changsheng's furnace, he awakened dormant divine blood, formed Dao patterns, and broke through from the Life Spring Realm.
Dao Palace Secret Realm, Great Perfection	73	After inheriting Yu Changsheng's decaying body, he used the Zhulong Scripture, Dragon Marrow Pool, and Dragon Vein qi to restore and temper it.
Four Extremes Secret Realm	73	Triggered the Ninth-Five Heavenly Tribulation after evolving the stolen body into a red Flood Dragon.
Slashing the Dao / Red Dragon King	74	Completed his dragon transformation and became known as the Red Dragon King; later challenged Yu Changsheng at Beast-Taming Holy Land.
Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven	81	His Immortal Phoenix bloodline revived, restoring him as a Five-Colored Immortal Phoenix and enabling his rise as the Undying Heavenly Emperor.

Background

The Heavenly Emperor was originally an Immortal Phoenix from the Immortal Domain. A clash between the Desolate Pagoda and Kunlun Immortal Bell tore open a Space-Time Rift, through which he fell onto Heaven-Piercing Ancient Star severely injured. The lower world's Great Dao suppressed his cultivation, prevented him from using the Phoenix Secret Art, and left him with only a trace of divine power 56.

Human cultivators soon hunted him for his exceptionally pure phoenix bloodline. After destroying their warship with a hidden trump card, he captured and soul-searched their Holy Son for a Human Race Sage Scripture. He then discarded his remaining demon power and rebuilt his cultivation through the local system 56.

When Great Saint Qingxia attempted to enslave him, he refused to surrender his soul imprint even at the risk of death. His Immortal Phoenix Imprint temporarily destroyed Qingxia's body, but Qingxia survived with the Myriad Souls Banner. Li Ming arrived before Qingxia could finish him, annihilated the Great Saint's Primordial Spirit, and saved the Heavenly Emperor 57.

Body Seizure and Dragon Transformation

Elder Yu Changsheng later captured the Heavenly Emperor and refined him inside an alchemy furnace as a supposed longevity pill ingredient. The Heavenly Emperor used the furnace's medicinal essence to heal, awaken his divine blood, and advance, but Yu Changsheng anticipated his escape with the Heavenly Net and a Beast-Taming Mark 72.

Yu Changsheng used a damaged possession art to exchange bodies: he took the Heavenly Emperor's youthful Immortal Phoenix body, while the Heavenly Emperor awoke in Yu Changsheng's aged, dying body within a Dragon Vein. Rather than pursue immediate revenge, the Heavenly Emperor used the Zhulong Scripture, Dragon Marrow, and dragon qi to rebuild himself 73.

His new body ultimately evolved into a red Flood Dragon. He refined the Dragon Pool, shed scales, horns, and tribulation lightning into the Red Dragon Saber, then rose as the Red Dragon King 73 74.

Return as the Undying Heavenly Emperor

By the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven, the Heavenly Emperor's Immortal Phoenix bloodline revived. He returned to the form of a Five-Colored Immortal Phoenix and became the Undying Heavenly Emperor revered by the Primordial races 81.

He later disappeared from Purple Mountain and operated as a hidden force who hunted Ancient Emperors and Supremes for their Origin Essence Blood. His stronghold retained a powerful imprint capable of attacking intruders even in his absence 114.

The Heavenly Emperor secretly removed his eldest and second sons from Purple Mountain and concealed them within a space hidden in Chaos. His eldest son was later discovered as an unborn child inside a black stone egg, parasitized by a strange creature's seed 148.

Final Defeat

While possessed by an aberration, the Heavenly Emperor fused the mysteries of the Phoenix clan into a Fallen Phoenix-like form and attacked the Heaven-Burying Coffin, seeking to verify whether Li Ming had truly died 186.

On the Road to Immortality, Li Ming destroyed his Five-Colored Immortal Phoenix body with a punch. The Heavenly Emperor's Heavenly Heart Imprint then collapsed, and his figure appeared within the Myriad Souls Banner, confirming that he had become one of its consumed souls 187.

Appearance

The Heavenly Emperor's original human form was that of an exceptionally handsome young man in five-colored feathered robes. His crystal-clear body and flowing blood emitted a faint five-colored radiance 56.

• True form: A magnificent Five-Colored Immortal Phoenix.
• Phoenix blood: Five-colored, unusually pure, and sought after by cultivators as a cultivation resource 56.
• Red Dragon form: A crimson Flood Dragon with scales, claws, horns, and overwhelming dragon might 73.
• Red Dragon King form: A handsome young man clad in crimson armor 73.

Personality

The Heavenly Emperor was intensely proud and refused Qingxia's demand that he submit his soul and become a sacred land's servant or guardian beast 57. Even after losing his Immortal Domain cultivation, he retained confidence in his own talent and treated adaptation to the lower world's cultivation system as a temporary setback 56.

He was resourceful under extreme pressure, turning imprisonment, furnace refinement, and a dying body into opportunities for cultivation. His later conflict with Yu Changsheng was driven by lasting humiliation and a determination to reclaim power through revenge 72 74.

After regaining his phoenix body and status, he became secretive and predatory, pursuing the origins and blood essence of Ancient Emperors and Supremes from the shadows 114.

Abilities & Skills

Immortal Phoenix Physique

The Heavenly Emperor possessed an exceptionally pure Immortal Phoenix bloodline.

• Regenerated rapidly even after Li Ming reduced him to a mass of shattered flesh and bones 59.
• Relied on innate phoenix speed to outrun cultivators and a warship before his injuries worsened 56.
• Manifested an Immortal Phoenix Imprint that could temporarily destroy a Great Saint's body 57.
• Regained his Five-Colored Immortal Phoenix form upon reaching the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven 81.
• His Phoenix Secret Art was initially unusable after entering the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands due to suppression by its Great Dao 56.

Extreme Adaptability

Despite arriving without local cultivation methods, he rapidly mastered the Human Race's cultivation system.

• Rebuilt the Wheel Sea, Dao Palace, and Four Extremes Secret Realms in three years through a stolen Sage Scripture 56.
• Used furnace flames and medicinal essence as cultivation resources while being refined alive 72.
• Recovered from Yu Changsheng's aged body by exploiting its dragon qi, Dragon Vein, and Dragon Marrow 73.

Dragon Transformation

After losing his original body, he cultivated the Zhulong Scripture and remade himself as a red Flood Dragon.

• Tempered his body with 108 drops of Dragon Marrow and the energy of a Great Dragon Vein 73.
• Used the Dragon Transformation Secret Art to develop scales, horns, claws, and dragon bloodline power 73.
• Employed the Nine Transformations of the Fish-Dragon against Yu Changsheng 74.
• Retained powerful regeneration even after being torn apart by Yu Changsheng's Immortal Phoenix form 74.

Five-Colored Immortal Light

In his later corrupted state, he wielded Undying Five-Colored Immortal Light and forbidden arts strengthened by aberrant black mist.

• Fused Phoenix mysteries into a Fallen Phoenix-like form 186.
• Used the power in an attempt to break the Heaven-Burying Coffin and expose Li Ming 186.
• Ultimately failed to overcome Li Ming on the Road to Immortality 187.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Red Dragon Saber — Weapon forged from the Dragon Pool, his shed scales and horns, and tribulation lightning 73.
• Immortal Phoenix Imprint — A bloodline trump card that emerged to defend him from Qingxia 57.
• Purple Mountain imprint — A residual combat imprint left at his former mausoleum; Li Ming later destroyed it 114.

Relationships

• Li Ming / Demon Venerable — Initially saved him from Great Saint Qingxia and studied his phoenix abilities; later became his overwhelming enemy and killer 57 59 186 187.
• Yu Changsheng / Longevity Daoist — Body thief and sworn enemy; Yu Changsheng stole his Immortal Phoenix body, prompting the Heavenly Emperor's transformation into the Red Dragon King and attempted revenge 72 74.
• Great Saint Qingxia — Pursuer who tried to force him into slavery; killed by Li Ming after attacking the Heavenly Emperor 57.
• Undying Heavenly Empress — Dao companion who remained in the Phoenix Nest after his disappearance 114.
• Heavenly Emperor's Son — Eldest son; secretly hidden in Chaos and later found parasitized inside a black stone egg 148.
• Heavenly Emperor's Second Son — Younger son, likewise removed from Purple Mountain and concealed by his father 148.

Trivia

• He was repeatedly mistaken for a “mountain chicken” while imprisoned by Yu Changsheng 72.
• His flight by racial instinct was stated to surpass the future Golden-Winged Little Peng King's Heavenly Peng Extreme Speed 56.
• His original body and his later dragon body were both coveted by Yu Changsheng as potential incarnations 74.